Contemporary Art Blog by Micci Cohan

Walking Into Illusions And Having No Regrets

Micci Cohan — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:43:04 +0000

Gem Spa, 2010, oil, acrylic and collage on canvas, 12 x 16 inch. Up In The Misty Nimbus, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36 inch. I’ve been focusing my eyes on the central with a deliverance of ease and flow waiting for nothing being curious about everything taking time to be liberated from the [...]

Inspiration Block / Sept. 2010

Micci Cohan — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:40:28 +0000

Left to right: Sasha Pivovarova/ LA Times Magazine, Spanish fans, Sasha Pivovarova/Vogue 2008, Artist, Andrea Lomanto’s deer face mask, 2010, M GMT’s new album, Ebony Bones, Artist Tal R painting. The two photos of Sasha P. with the awesome hats are really inspiring and will have to paint! A couple of weeks ago I painted [...]

Officially Now A Member Of The Ward Nasse Gallery!

Micci Cohan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:44:48 +0000

I have just become a member of The Ward- Nasse Gallery and really excited to have my work exhibited and for sale in their Salon along with prints and some originals on paper. I have been spending much time lately just dealing with re-organizing all my paperwork: rewriting my resume, statement and bio which are [...]

“Summer In Soho” Exhibit, Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC

Micci Cohan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:57:35 +0000

I want to give a big thanks to all of you who came to check out the show, everyone at Ward- Nasse Gallery and the curator Basak Malone. The night overflowed with unmatchable energy. I so enjoyed talking to everyone and meeting so many wonderful people. As well as having monthly exhibits, Ward-Nasse has a [...]

New Painting, “August Thrush”

Micci Cohan — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:32:25 +0000

I tacked up this delicious big piece of new canvas one night and it was when I started to feel more at home in the new studio over time the late night swipes and slashes with the brush dipped in many a color began. With my head totally devout of any plan, what I call [...]

My Jewelry Worn By Esperanza Spalding!

Micci Cohan — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:19:47 +0000

Very Excited! My necklaces were featured in some of Esperanza Spalding publicity photos for her new album, Chamber Music Society, which will be released on August 17, 2010. I’m a huge fan of this outstanding 25 year old jazz bassist and singer and totally elated that she’s wearing my jewels. For a sampling of the [...]

Otto Dix Exhibit At The Neue Galerie,NYC

Micci Cohan — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:21:55 +0000

The Neue Galerie New York presents “Otto Dix,” the first solo museum exhibition of works by this major German artist ever held in North America. This show was outstanding! and beautifully exhibited. The German expressionists were the artists I was most inspired by in my early 20′s and Otto Dix had a huge impact on [...]

New Studies/Paintings

Micci Cohan — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:42:37 +0000

Thought I would share some pieces I’ve been working on lately. I am doing real quick sketchy paintings like these and rekindling my love for newsprint. Hope you all have a great day! And again, are staying cool!

“This Afternoons Rendezvous,” New Painting

Micci Cohan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:27:21 +0000

I’ve been pushing lately to be more fluid, to paint faster and not to contemplate so much because I know this keeps the painting breathing, and alive more. I had been looking again at Toulouse Lautrec, mostly his paintings of the singers and dancers at the Moulin Rouge and absorbing the gestural brush work, the [...]

Up On The Met’s Roof, “Big Bambú: You Can’t, You Don’t, and You Won’t Stop”

Micci Cohan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:42:51 +0000

Currently on top of the roof at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is an installation made completely out of bamboo. Designed by identical twin artists the Starn Brothers, “Big Bambú: You Can’t, You Don’t, and You Won’t Stop” is a growing scaffolding-like exhibit up until October. Doug and Mike Starn have been working with rock [...]